Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia
by lqdc13 on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:50AM
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I agree, but this is only true as long as you stick with numerical applications, which is kind of the point of Julia.
It is currently more of a domain specific language, kind of like Matlab, because it's not really optimized for other things and has no libraries in the other domains.
On the other hand, I implemented a prototype neural network in it, and it went very smoothly. Will have to eventually rewrite it in Python though.
Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia
by niutech on Monday December 28, 2015 @04:46AM
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Julia is a general purpose language, not a DSL. You can create web services, desktop apps, file tools with Julia. And it has access to a lot of external libraries using CCall.jl and PyCall.jl
It is currently more of a domain specific language, kind of like Matlab, because it's not really optimized for other things and has no libraries in the other domains.
On the other hand, I implemented a prototype neural network in it, and it went very smoothly. Will have to eventually rewrite it in Python though.